In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends ...

The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

Maybe none of these quantum computing stocks will make you a millionaire. But one might be the best-positioned to do so.

Armed with a burner phone and a fake name, I set out to learn how Instagram’s algorithm really works. This is what happened ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

A team of physicists led by Mir Faizal argues the universe cannot be simulated, saying reality includes non-computable truths beyond any algorithm or AI model ...

The government will attempt to reverse the declining numbers of young people studying computing at school through a broader programme of study of the subject that retains its core principles. This ...

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

AI can be trained to spot when an emoji turns from innocent to illicit, but it will always lag behind online slang which is ...

In 2008, Pietro Perona , Caltech's Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering, was on sabbatical in Italy, enjoying a cappuccino in a ...